India, Oct. 15 -- Amnesty International reacted to a police raid on the headquarters of Halk TV in Türkiye and the appointment of a trustee manager to oversee the broadcaster as part of an investigation into alleged corruption, with Esther Major, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for Europe, calling the move “a brutal blow to media freedom.”
Amnesty International statement
Esther Major said the raid and takeover appeared to be “the latest attempt by Turkish authorities to silence opposition voices.” She described “the dawn raid and the takeover by state appointed trustees of one of Türkiye’s main opposition television channels” as “a direct assault on the right to freedom of expression.”
Major called on the authorities to ...